Subject/Object questions
Sometimes you might see questions like this.
Sometimes you might see questions like this.
- Who broke the window?
- What happened next?
- Who told you that?
There is no auxiliary verb and the word order is not inverted.
These are called subject questions – because the question word is the subject of the sentence.
Look at these two questions.
These are called subject questions – because the question word is the subject of the sentence.
Look at these two questions.
- Who does Romeo love? Romeo loves Juliet.
- Who loves Romeo? Juliet loves Romeo.
In the first question, Romeo is the subject of the verb.
In the second question ‘who’ is the subject and Romeo is the object.
In the second question ‘who’ is the subject and Romeo is the object.
Who came here? questions the subject
Who did you speak with. Questions the objectThis confusion is also partly due to the fact that "who" has taken over the function "whom", the question word for the object, filled when it fell out of use except in very formal writing.
What happened? subject
What did you do? object
How many people died? subject
How many people did you interview? object
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